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BFG Tech LS Series 680W PSU

The BFG Tech LS Series 680W PSU sports a 5-year warranty. Hope you won’t need it. Add comment

Sapphire Toxic HD4850

The Sapphire Toxic HD 4850 is overclocked with a Zalman kit. Add comment

Samsung SyncMaster 305T 30″ LCD

The Samsung SyncMaster 305T offers 30″ of LCD goodness. Add comment

Sapphire Radeon HD 4670s in CrossFire

Hexus tests two Sapphire Radeon HD 4670s in CrossFire. Add comment

Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-DS2H motherboard

The Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-DS2H motherboard gets high marks as a value AM2+ platform. Add comment

Palit Radeon HD 4870 Sonic Dual Edition

The Palit Radeon HD 4870 Sonic Dual Edition sports dual BIOS, dual cooling fans, and a turbo switch like your old 486 had. Add comment

Sandisk 32GB compact flash

Sandisk has launched a new 32GB compact flash card with 30MBps read and write speed. Add comment

First Android phone launch date set?

The first Android phone to make an appearance will be the HTC Dream. Android is the Open Source operating system for mobile handsets created by Google. The OS is still in its infancy and many are waiting to see if it can challenge the iPhone. CrunchGear has a source confirming the September 23rd announcement of […] Add comment

Video games beneficial to kids

The latest research study finds that 97 percent of American teens, ages 12-17 play computer, Web, console, or mobile games (what a shocker).  31% of gamers play games every day, and 21% play games 3 or more days a week. The study found that video games are beneficial to teens. The gaming community helps kids […] Add comment

Google Steam?

The latest rumor out today is that Google is looking to purchase Valve. The Inquirer has the scoop from “well-placed sources.” Steam has taken the forefront in the content distribution platform for PC Gaming and it appears that Google has taken notice. This purchase would definitely solidify Steam as the content distribution platform to reckon […] Add comment

Nvidia introduces new GeForce GTX 260

Today Nvidia launches the re-vamped GeForce GTX 260. Same name as the old card, but the facelifted model gains an additional cluster of shader processors, boosting the count to 216. This means more power in the shading and texturing department, but the card’s memory bandwidth stays put. Total boost from the upgrade increases performance around […] Add comment

SilverStone Raven gaming mouse

Benchmark Reviews tests the SiverStone Raven gaming mouse. It looks like it has a tumor. Add comment

G.Skill 4GB PC2-8800 kit

The 4GB G.Skill 2x2GB PC2-8800 kit is inexpensive, but doesn’t clock much higher than its rated speed. Add comment

Kingston HyperX XMP-1800 2GB DDR3 kit

Kingston’s HyperX XMP-1800 2GB DDR3 kit supports Intel’s XMP memory profiling at 1,800 mhz. Add comment

Intel Q9650 3GHz Quad reviewed

Techware Labs reviews the 3GHz Intel Q9650. Four fast cores for the win! Add comment

Gotham City characters on Twitter… What gives?

Okay, so apparently Rachel Dawes, Harvey Dent, Bruce Wayne, Lucius Fox, James Gordon, the Joker, Harlequin, Killer Croc, and probably more than I feel like delving into are … using Twitter? The scary part is that their “Tweets” (The short, <140 character messages that Twitter users send back and forth) all seem relatively ‘legit’ in […] Add comment

Intel outs six core Dunnington

On November 5, 2006, Icrontic ran an introspection on the future of the Core 2 architecture in the mobile, desktop and enterprise markets. Throughout the investigative process, we predicted that Intel’s Tigerton would debut in 2H07 to be followed by the Yorkfield-inspired Harpertown. While we were correct on the release date for the Tigerton, we […] Add comment

Social Media overtakes Porn on the web?

According to Bill Tancer’s new book “Click: What Millions of People are Doing Online and Why It Matters”, social media sites have overtaken porn searches on the interwebs. Tancer is the general manager of global research at Hitwise, an Internet tracking firm.  The only question I have is: Who “searches” for porn? I would be […] Add comment

My Anacapa don’t want none unless you got a job, son…

So there’s this guy. Let’s just, for discussions’ sake, say his name is Biswahoman Pani. Let’s pretend for a minute that he works for a big company. It could be any company. Let’s say it’s Intel, for example. Okay, work with me here for a second: Mr. Pani has a wife. She works for the same […] Add comment

Mac OS X 10.5.5 update available now

With the regular slew of minor enhancements (“Improved Wiki, Blog and Podcast compatibility with Safari and iTunes on iPhone and iPod Touch.”),  major updates to components that are only important to a strict subset of users (Active Directory plugin enhancements excite the hell out of me, sorry…) and obscure “Many graphical enhancements” updates, Apple is now […] Add comment

Hey, wanna write for Icrontic? Now (almost) everybody can

Interested in contributing news to Icrontic? Members with over 100 posts on the forum now have access to write posts for the site. The posts must be edited and approved by staff before publication. To contribute, first read a quick summary of how to write news, then click the Contribute link under the News forum. […] Add comment